Etymologies

From Latin cervīx, cervīc-, neck; see cervix.

(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

From Latin cervix, "the neck, nape of the neck". (Wiktionary)

Examples

It is at the point where it forms this angle that it gives off what I call the cervical fold, which forms the boundary of the top front edge of the scapular shield, but is lost at a point in the shoulder nearly over the centre of the fore limb.

And the role of HPV in cervical cancer has international importance: cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women in large parts of Africa, Latin America and Asia, and the third most frequent cancer in women worldwide.

The Laureates discuss the differing timelines behind the breakthroughs in cervical cancer and HIV, how their discoveries were applied to creating treatments (10: 37), the difficulties involved in making a vaccine for HIV (19: 30), and why viruses might play a more important role in cancer (29: 30).